Koushun Japanese White Tea

I like to watch the live streams of Jeffrey from UNYTea on IG and he recently shared on his livestreams his new teas that he was ordering, and one of them was a new white tea from Japan called Koushun White. UNYTea's Benifuki Japanese White tea was wildly popular, and delicious, so I knew I … Continue reading Koushun Japanese White Tea →

How To Run A Tea Blog As A Business

In my day job I am an accountant and I am a CPA in the state of Florida, so how to do things as a business and the tax implications of that are the kinds of things I think about on a regular basis, for fun. Disclaimer: Please don't consider this to be professional advice … Continue reading How To Run A Tea Blog As A Business →

Gielle First Flush Darjeeling

I've been trying to branch out from Chinese and Japanese teas a bit lately, and when I saw that Harney and Sons had a sample size available of a 2020 First Flush Darjeeling I jumped at the chance and purchased one. Gielle is the name of one of the Darjeeling tea gardens. Darjeeling is a … Continue reading Gielle First Flush Darjeeling →

Tasting Tea As A Picky Eater

Warning: I'll be blathering about my personal life ahead. This post has been on my mind for a while and it felt like a good time to write it. When I was a kid, I was an extremely picky eater. Like, extreme. I think there were literally about 5 foods that I ate, and all … Continue reading Tasting Tea As A Picky Eater →

Two Sakura Midoris and A Traveling Turtle

I was honored to receive Herb the traveling turtle from Geoffrey aka The Lazy Literatus this week, along with some Sakura Midori Sencha. You might know that I have started having Sencha first thing every Saturday morning so I thought this would be a perfect time to have this tea and to pour some on … Continue reading Two Sakura Midoris and A Traveling Turtle →

Unsmoked Lapsang Triple Tasting

Greetings fellow tea lovers! If you know me, you may know that my most favoritest tea ever is smoky Lapsang Souchong. But Lapsang comes in unsmoked form as well, and you know I have to try all of those too! I have had two of these before but I am trying one of them for … Continue reading Unsmoked Lapsang Triple Tasting →

Waikato Black Tea from New Zealand

Yes, that New Zealand. I didn't know they grew tea there either until recently, when I was perusing the website of the Rare Tea Company after reading the book Infused by the Rare Tea Lady. I hadn't heard of her company before reading the book so I decided to see what they had to offer. … Continue reading Waikato Black Tea from New Zealand →

Double Dragonwell from Retroleaf

I was recently approached by a company called Retroleaf Tea and they offered me some free tea for a review. That makes them the second ever company to offer me free tea so that's still pretty exciting for me! I chose the tea called Double Dragonwell, which is a blend of two green teas from … Continue reading Double Dragonwell from Retroleaf →

TeaKruthi Triple Tasting

I was recently sent some samples of tea from a tea company that I had not previously heard of. That company is called TeaKruthi and they are in Sri Lanka and sell Ceylon tea. In full disclosure, this is indeed the very first time a tea company has offered to send me free samples for … Continue reading TeaKruthi Triple Tasting →

My First Yellow Tea: Meng Ding Huang Ya

I am surprised it took me this long to try a yellow tea, but here we are more than four years after the start of the tea journey and I'm just now getting around to a yellow tea. This tea came from Dobra Tea house in Greenville, SC. Since I usually try not to read … Continue reading My First Yellow Tea: Meng Ding Huang Ya →